In Ditto, every piece of copy is a text item. You can create text items directly in Ditto or import them from a Figma file. The following will walk through how to import and create text items, link text inside your projects, and delete text items.

Import text from your Figma file

To start building your team’s source of truth, you need to bring copy into Ditto. Once your Ditto project is connected to a Figma file, you can easily import text from your designs.

To import text from your Figma file:

1. Select a text layer in Figma
2. Click Import in the Ditto plugin

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To import multiple text layers at once, hold Shift while selecting them

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You can import a group of related text as a block to add structure to your project text

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Draft text inside a Ditto project

If your mockups aren’t ready yet, or if you need to draft copy that only exists in development (like error messages), you can create text items directly in Ditto.

To draft a text item:

1. Click + Add text item in your Ditto project
2. Enter the text value and add any metadata

Drafted text works like any other text item—you can edit it, add metadata, create variants, and link it to your Figma designs later.